Watch for a "flash" incident in the Pacific. Chinese Coast Guard impound AFP small boats...

 

CCG personnel violently attached ropes to tow the AFP's RHIB while threatening to injure an AFP soldier w/ a pickaxe. They also employed blaring sirens to create chaos, disrupt communication, and divert the attention of AFP troops, exacerbating the hostile & dangerous situation. pic.twitter.com/a8cPaGGH8j

— Armed Forces of the Philippines (@TeamAFP) June 19, 2024

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Picking up on the Force Design 2030 stuff, how many of these do we need to see before we stop doing this shit?

Back on task.

AFP troops are lucky they weren't killed.  China is obviously pushing things yet still moderating...at least a little bit.

Sooner or later the Philippines will have to show force and things will escalate quickly.

The SORRY, PATHETIC & SAD THING is that most are missing what this is.  

THIS IS NOT A TEST OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVT!  IT'S A TEST OF US RESOLVE AFTER SIGNING A DEFENSE PACT WITH PI!!!

We can run all the Marine Littoral Regiment exercises we want.  The US Army can run out their Multi-Domain whatever the fuck ya call it.

They're toothless tigers.

It will take deploying destroyers, frigates, hell even a few LCS to the region to combat this type of action.  It'll also take a few ship skippers that have the permission and the balls to rub paint, fire warning shots and maybe take a few hits to get this shit to stop.

I don't see it happening.

China is winning short of war.  That makes it a perfect victory right?